Our Company

We’re procurement practitioners building better ways to manage enterprise spend.

We help organizations like yours simplify the complexity of procure-to-pay processes, strengthen operations and modernize the procurement function to drive impact that shows up on the bottom line.

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Where it started

Built on the belief that procurement can, and should, work better.

After decades leading procurement inside global organizations, we saw the same challenges repeated everywhere: disconnected systems, overcomplicated processes, and recommendations that looked good on paper but rarely worked in practice.

Candor was built to change that.

“Every organization spends money. Few do it mindfully and well. Procurement perspective is often secondary (if not dismissed) because processes, tools, and policies are not the most exciting parts of the enterprise. But when market changes – and it always does – the necessity of managing the bottom line becomes as relevant as the need to grow the top line. And this is when procurement shines! We do not wait until things go south; we shape the right approaches and solutions to proactively protect the enterprises.”

- Natasha Gurevich, Founder & CEO, Candor Procurement
Our philosophy

See the Truth.
Be the Change.

At Candor, we believe the best procurement strategies are built through clarity, collaboration, curiosity, and practical execution. For us, that means pinpointing what’s really slowing organizations down, where opportunities exist, and refining the path for procurement to take practical steps to deliver measurable and lasting impact.

Seasoned Professionals

We’ve been in the arena.

As leaders and practitioners who have spent decades navigating the ins-and-outs of procurement, we’ve experienced its realities firsthand, and that experience shapes every recommendation we make.

Practitioners

We’ve lived the challenges you’re facing today and been on the other side of the solutions, too. Our recommendations come from practical experience, not theory, helping your team move forward with greater confidence and fewer missteps.

Objective

We’ll always tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. Every recommendation is grounded in facts, data, experience, and what’s best for your organization.

Insightful

We listen, we understand, we act. We take the time to clarify your goals, current challenges, and vision before designing solutions tailored to your procurement reality.

The Candor Mindset

The principles that guide every decision we make.

Create Impact


We advocate for the power of procurement and the people behind it. Our goal is to create measurable, next-level procurement impact for your business while guiding the minds and implementers behind it.

Be Curious


Intentional design creates stronger outcomes, and curiosity helps us uncover root causes, challenge outdated ways of working, and build procurement strategies tailored to your organization’s maturity and reality.

Mean It


Transformation is at our core. We are driven by the desire to create practical, strategic procurement change that propels your enterprise to the next level.

Leadership

Experience procurement leaders, real operational perspective.

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Natasha Gurevich

Founder & CEO

After nearly three decades in procurement and supply chain leadership, Natasha founded Candor to create the kind of procurement partner she wished existed—one grounded in practical experience, honest conversations, and meaningful operational impact. A former Fortune 100 CPO, she has led enterprise-wide transformations and delivered more than $17B in cumulative savings.

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Sam Howard

Chief Operating & Financial Officer

Sam brings extensive financial, operational, procurement, and supply chain leadership experience to Candor. With an extensive background of practical experience in executive management, procurement strategy, and global operations across various industries, he helps organizations align financial performance with practical operational execution to deliver measurable business results.

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Riley Wattier

Founding Partner

Riley brought operational strategy, systems thinking and enterprise risk management into Candor Procurement. He conceptualized Candor’s value proposition with Natasha from day one. His legacy lives with Candor through simplified approaches to procurement processes and systems, which we continue to implement to this day.

Credentials

The credentials behind our perspective.

75+ Years

Combined Practioner Experience

$17B+

Cumulative Savings Delivered

Enterprise

Procurement Transformation

Fortune 100

Former CPO Leadership